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author | Tom Lane | 2016-05-07 21:26:23 +0000 |
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committer | Tom Lane | 2016-05-07 21:26:23 +0000 |
commit | 4768cc4565df3527293271e4ef6e90d8db4e106d (patch) | |
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parent | b8180884082d46346394e1c54fc454d2c16bf3ee (diff) |
Release notes for 9.5.3, 9.4.8, 9.3.13, 9.2.17, 9.1.22.
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diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml index 09811c1a4f1..cf87c520d6c 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,171 @@ <!-- doc/src/sgml/release-9.1.sgml --> <!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup --> + <sect1 id="release-9-1-22"> + <title>Release 9.1.22</title> + + <note> + <title>Release Date</title> + <simpara>2016-05-12</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.1.21. + For information about new features in the 9.1 major release, see + <xref linkend="release-9-1">. + </para> + + <para> + The <productname>PostgreSQL</> community will stop releasing updates + for the 9.1.X release series in September 2016. + Users are encouraged to update to a newer release branch soon. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to Version 9.1.22</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.1.X. + </para> + + <para> + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 9.1.16, + see <xref linkend="release-9-1-16">. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Clear the OpenSSL error queue before OpenSSL calls, rather than + assuming it's clear already; and make sure we leave it clear + afterwards (Peter Geoghegan, Dave Vitek, Peter Eisentraut) + </para> + + <para> + This change prevents problems when there are multiple connections + using OpenSSL within a single process and not all the code involved + follows the same rules for when to clear the error queue. + Failures have been reported specifically when a client application + uses SSL connections in <application>libpq</> concurrently with + SSL connections using the PHP, Python, or Ruby wrappers for OpenSSL. + It's possible for similar problems to arise within the server as well, + if an extension module establishes an outgoing SSL connection. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <quote>failed to build any <replaceable>N</>-way joins</quote> + planner error with a full join enclosed in the right-hand side of a + left join (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix possible misbehavior of <literal>TH</>, <literal>th</>, + and <literal>Y,YYY</> format codes in <function>to_timestamp()</> + (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + These could advance off the end of the input string, causing subsequent + format codes to read garbage. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix dumping of rules and views in which the <replaceable>array</> + argument of a <literal><replaceable>value</> <replaceable>operator</> + ANY (<replaceable>array</>)</literal> construct is a sub-SELECT + (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Make <application>pg_regress</> use a startup timeout from the + <envar>PGCTLTIMEOUT</> environment variable, if that's set (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + This is for consistency with a behavior recently added + to <application>pg_ctl</>; it eases automated testing on slow machines. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <application>pg_upgrade</> to correctly restore extension + membership for operator families containing only one operator class + (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + In such a case, the operator family was restored into the new database, + but it was no longer marked as part of the extension. This had no + immediate ill effects, but would cause later <application>pg_dump</> + runs to emit output that would cause (harmless) errors on restore. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Rename internal function <function>strtoi()</> + to <function>strtoint()</> to avoid conflict with a NetBSD library + function (Thomas Munro) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix reporting of errors from <function>bind()</> + and <function>listen()</> system calls on Windows (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Reduce verbosity of compiler output when building with Microsoft Visual + Studio (Christian Ullrich) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Avoid possibly-unsafe use of Windows' <function>FormatMessage()</> + function (Christian Ullrich) + </para> + + <para> + Use the <literal>FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS</> flag where + appropriate. No live bug is known to exist here, but it seems like a + good idea to be careful. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2016d + for DST law changes in Russia and Venezuela. There are new zone + names <literal>Europe/Kirov</> and <literal>Asia/Tomsk</> to reflect + the fact that these regions now have different time zone histories from + adjacent regions. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-9-1-21"> <title>Release 9.1.21</title> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml index 95a7f23cc38..cde1c4e7c75 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,202 @@ <!-- doc/src/sgml/release-9.2.sgml --> <!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup --> + <sect1 id="release-9-2-17"> + <title>Release 9.2.17</title> + + <note> + <title>Release Date</title> + <simpara>2016-05-12</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.2.16. + For information about new features in the 9.2 major release, see + <xref linkend="release-9-2">. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to Version 9.2.17</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.2.X. + </para> + + <para> + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 9.2.11, + see <xref linkend="release-9-2-11">. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Clear the OpenSSL error queue before OpenSSL calls, rather than + assuming it's clear already; and make sure we leave it clear + afterwards (Peter Geoghegan, Dave Vitek, Peter Eisentraut) + </para> + + <para> + This change prevents problems when there are multiple connections + using OpenSSL within a single process and not all the code involved + follows the same rules for when to clear the error queue. + Failures have been reported specifically when a client application + uses SSL connections in <application>libpq</> concurrently with + SSL connections using the PHP, Python, or Ruby wrappers for OpenSSL. + It's possible for similar problems to arise within the server as well, + if an extension module establishes an outgoing SSL connection. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <quote>failed to build any <replaceable>N</>-way joins</quote> + planner error with a full join enclosed in the right-hand side of a + left join (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix incorrect handling of equivalence-class tests in multilevel + nestloop plans (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + Given a three-or-more-way equivalence class of variables, such + as <literal>X.X = Y.Y = Z.Z</>, it was possible for the planner to omit + some of the tests needed to enforce that all the variables are actually + equal, leading to join rows being output that didn't satisfy + the <literal>WHERE</> clauses. For various reasons, erroneous plans + were seldom selected in practice, so that this bug has gone undetected + for a long time. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix possible misbehavior of <literal>TH</>, <literal>th</>, + and <literal>Y,YYY</> format codes in <function>to_timestamp()</> + (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + These could advance off the end of the input string, causing subsequent + format codes to read garbage. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix dumping of rules and views in which the <replaceable>array</> + argument of a <literal><replaceable>value</> <replaceable>operator</> + ANY (<replaceable>array</>)</literal> construct is a sub-SELECT + (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Make <application>pg_regress</> use a startup timeout from the + <envar>PGCTLTIMEOUT</> environment variable, if that's set (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + This is for consistency with a behavior recently added + to <application>pg_ctl</>; it eases automated testing on slow machines. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <application>pg_upgrade</> to correctly restore extension + membership for operator families containing only one operator class + (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + In such a case, the operator family was restored into the new database, + but it was no longer marked as part of the extension. This had no + immediate ill effects, but would cause later <application>pg_dump</> + runs to emit output that would cause (harmless) errors on restore. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Back-port 9.4-era memory-barrier code changes into 9.2 and 9.3 (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + These changes were not originally needed in pre-9.4 branches, but we + recently back-patched a fix that expected the barrier code to work + properly. Only IA64 (when using icc), HPPA, and Alpha platforms are + affected. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Reduce the number of SysV semaphores used by a build configured with + <option>--disable-spinlocks</> (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Rename internal function <function>strtoi()</> + to <function>strtoint()</> to avoid conflict with a NetBSD library + function (Thomas Munro) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix reporting of errors from <function>bind()</> + and <function>listen()</> system calls on Windows (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Reduce verbosity of compiler output when building with Microsoft Visual + Studio (Christian Ullrich) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Avoid possibly-unsafe use of Windows' <function>FormatMessage()</> + function (Christian Ullrich) + </para> + + <para> + Use the <literal>FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS</> flag where + appropriate. No live bug is known to exist here, but it seems like a + good idea to be careful. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2016d + for DST law changes in Russia and Venezuela. There are new zone + names <literal>Europe/Kirov</> and <literal>Asia/Tomsk</> to reflect + the fact that these regions now have different time zone histories from + adjacent regions. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-9-2-16"> <title>Release 9.2.16</title> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.3.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.3.sgml index 095083a41e7..77b5f80dcb0 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.3.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.3.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,236 @@ <!-- doc/src/sgml/release-9.3.sgml --> <!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup --> + <sect1 id="release-9-3-13"> + <title>Release 9.3.13</title> + + <note> + <title>Release Date</title> + <simpara>2016-05-12</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.3.12. + For information about new features in the 9.3 major release, see + <xref linkend="release-9-3">. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to Version 9.3.13</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.3.X. + </para> + + <para> + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 9.3.9, + see <xref linkend="release-9-3-9">. + </para> + + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Clear the OpenSSL error queue before OpenSSL calls, rather than + assuming it's clear already; and make sure we leave it clear + afterwards (Peter Geoghegan, Dave Vitek, Peter Eisentraut) + </para> + + <para> + This change prevents problems when there are multiple connections + using OpenSSL within a single process and not all the code involved + follows the same rules for when to clear the error queue. + Failures have been reported specifically when a client application + uses SSL connections in <application>libpq</> concurrently with + SSL connections using the PHP, Python, or Ruby wrappers for OpenSSL. + It's possible for similar problems to arise within the server as well, + if an extension module establishes an outgoing SSL connection. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <quote>failed to build any <replaceable>N</>-way joins</quote> + planner error with a full join enclosed in the right-hand side of a + left join (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix incorrect handling of equivalence-class tests in multilevel + nestloop plans (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + Given a three-or-more-way equivalence class of variables, such + as <literal>X.X = Y.Y = Z.Z</>, it was possible for the planner to omit + some of the tests needed to enforce that all the variables are actually + equal, leading to join rows being output that didn't satisfy + the <literal>WHERE</> clauses. For various reasons, erroneous plans + were seldom selected in practice, so that this bug has gone undetected + for a long time. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix possible misbehavior of <literal>TH</>, <literal>th</>, + and <literal>Y,YYY</> format codes in <function>to_timestamp()</> + (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + These could advance off the end of the input string, causing subsequent + format codes to read garbage. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix dumping of rules and views in which the <replaceable>array</> + argument of a <literal><replaceable>value</> <replaceable>operator</> + ANY (<replaceable>array</>)</literal> construct is a sub-SELECT + (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Make <application>pg_regress</> use a startup timeout from the + <envar>PGCTLTIMEOUT</> environment variable, if that's set (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + This is for consistency with a behavior recently added + to <application>pg_ctl</>; it eases automated testing on slow machines. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <application>pg_upgrade</> to correctly restore extension + membership for operator families containing only one operator class + (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + In such a case, the operator family was restored into the new database, + but it was no longer marked as part of the extension. This had no + immediate ill effects, but would cause later <application>pg_dump</> + runs to emit output that would cause (harmless) errors on restore. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <application>pg_upgrade</> to not fail when new-cluster TOAST rules + differ from old (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + <application>pg_upgrade</> had special-case code to handle the + situation where the new <productname>PostgreSQL</> version thinks that + a table should have a TOAST table while the old version did not. That + code was broken, so remove it, and instead do nothing in such cases; + there seems no reason to believe that we can't get along fine without + a TOAST table if that was okay according to the old version's rules. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> +<!-- +Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> +Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [f4f4f6990] 2016-04-15 16:49:48 -0400 +Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [d7dbc882d] 2016-04-15 16:49:48 -0400 +Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> +Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [992df9658] 2016-04-16 10:42:07 -0400 +Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [9008922bf] 2016-04-16 10:41:57 -0400 +Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> +Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [35166fd76] 2016-04-18 13:19:52 -0400 +Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [37f30b251] 2016-04-18 13:19:52 -0400 +--> + <para> + Back-port 9.4-era memory-barrier code changes into 9.2 and 9.3 (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + These changes were not originally needed in pre-9.4 branches, but we + recently back-patched a fix that expected the barrier code to work + properly. Only IA64 (when using icc), HPPA, and Alpha platforms are + affected. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Reduce the number of SysV semaphores used by a build configured with + <option>--disable-spinlocks</> (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Rename internal function <function>strtoi()</> + to <function>strtoint()</> to avoid conflict with a NetBSD library + function (Thomas Munro) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix reporting of errors from <function>bind()</> + and <function>listen()</> system calls on Windows (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Reduce verbosity of compiler output when building with Microsoft Visual + Studio (Christian Ullrich) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <function>putenv()</> to work properly with Visual Studio 2013 + (Michael Paquier) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Avoid possibly-unsafe use of Windows' <function>FormatMessage()</> + function (Christian Ullrich) + </para> + + <para> + Use the <literal>FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS</> flag where + appropriate. No live bug is known to exist here, but it seems like a + good idea to be careful. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2016d + for DST law changes in Russia and Venezuela. There are new zone + names <literal>Europe/Kirov</> and <literal>Asia/Tomsk</> to reflect + the fact that these regions now have different time zone histories from + adjacent regions. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-9-3-12"> <title>Release 9.3.12</title> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml index eb1b686535a..3c0f4ab7362 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml @@ -1,6 +1,269 @@ <!-- doc/src/sgml/release-9.4.sgml --> <!-- See header comment in release.sgml about typical markup --> + <sect1 id="release-9-4-8"> + <title>Release 9.4.8</title> + + <note> + <title>Release Date</title> + <simpara>2016-05-12</simpara> + </note> + + <para> + This release contains a variety of fixes from 9.4.7. + For information about new features in the 9.4 major release, see + <xref linkend="release-9-4">. + </para> + + <sect2> + <title>Migration to Version 9.4.8</title> + + <para> + A dump/restore is not required for those running 9.4.X. + </para> + + <para> + However, if you are upgrading from a version earlier than 9.4.6, + see <xref linkend="release-9-4-6">. + </para> + </sect2> + + <sect2> + <title>Changes</title> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Clear the OpenSSL error queue before OpenSSL calls, rather than + assuming it's clear already; and make sure we leave it clear + afterwards (Peter Geoghegan, Dave Vitek, Peter Eisentraut) + </para> + + <para> + This change prevents problems when there are multiple connections + using OpenSSL within a single process and not all the code involved + follows the same rules for when to clear the error queue. + Failures have been reported specifically when a client application + uses SSL connections in <application>libpq</> concurrently with + SSL connections using the PHP, Python, or Ruby wrappers for OpenSSL. + It's possible for similar problems to arise within the server as well, + if an extension module establishes an outgoing SSL connection. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <quote>failed to build any <replaceable>N</>-way joins</quote> + planner error with a full join enclosed in the right-hand side of a + left join (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix incorrect handling of equivalence-class tests in multilevel + nestloop plans (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + Given a three-or-more-way equivalence class of variables, such + as <literal>X.X = Y.Y = Z.Z</>, it was possible for the planner to omit + some of the tests needed to enforce that all the variables are actually + equal, leading to join rows being output that didn't satisfy + the <literal>WHERE</> clauses. For various reasons, erroneous plans + were seldom selected in practice, so that this bug has gone undetected + for a long time. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix query-lifespan memory leak in GIN index scans (Julien Rouhaud) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix query-lifespan memory leak and potential index corruption hazard in + GIN index insertion (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + The memory leak would typically not amount to much in simple queries, + but it could be very substantial during a large GIN index build with + high <varname>maintenance_work_mem</>. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix possible misbehavior of <literal>TH</>, <literal>th</>, + and <literal>Y,YYY</> format codes in <function>to_timestamp()</> + (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + These could advance off the end of the input string, causing subsequent + format codes to read garbage. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix dumping of rules and views in which the <replaceable>array</> + argument of a <literal><replaceable>value</> <replaceable>operator</> + ANY (<replaceable>array</>)</literal> construct is a sub-SELECT + (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Disallow newlines in <command>ALTER SYSTEM</> parameter values + (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + The configuration-file parser doesn't support embedded newlines in + string literals, so we mustn't allow them in values to be inserted + by <command>ALTER SYSTEM</>. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <command>ALTER TABLE ... REPLICA IDENTITY USING INDEX</> to + work properly if an index on OID is selected (David Rowley) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix crash in logical decoding on alignment-picky platforms (Tom Lane, + Andres Freund) + </para> + + <para> + The failure occurred only with a transaction large enough to spill to + disk and a primary-key change within that transaction. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Avoid repeated requests for feedback from receiver while shutting down + walsender (Nick Cleaton) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Make <application>pg_regress</> use a startup timeout from the + <envar>PGCTLTIMEOUT</> environment variable, if that's set (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + This is for consistency with a behavior recently added + to <application>pg_ctl</>; it eases automated testing on slow machines. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <application>pg_upgrade</> to correctly restore extension + membership for operator families containing only one operator class + (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + In such a case, the operator family was restored into the new database, + but it was no longer marked as part of the extension. This had no + immediate ill effects, but would cause later <application>pg_dump</> + runs to emit output that would cause (harmless) errors on restore. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <application>pg_upgrade</> to not fail when new-cluster TOAST rules + differ from old (Tom Lane) + </para> + + <para> + <application>pg_upgrade</> had special-case code to handle the + situation where the new <productname>PostgreSQL</> version thinks that + a table should have a TOAST table while the old version did not. That + code was broken, so remove it, and instead do nothing in such cases; + there seems no reason to believe that we can't get along fine without + a TOAST table if that was okay according to the old version's rules. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Reduce the number of SysV semaphores used by a build configured with + <option>--disable-spinlocks</> (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Rename internal function <function>strtoi()</> + to <function>strtoint()</> to avoid conflict with a NetBSD library + function (Thomas Munro) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix reporting of errors from <function>bind()</> + and <function>listen()</> system calls on Windows (Tom Lane) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Reduce verbosity of compiler output when building with Microsoft Visual + Studio (Christian Ullrich) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Fix <function>putenv()</> to work properly with Visual Studio 2013 + (Michael Paquier) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Avoid possibly-unsafe use of Windows' <function>FormatMessage()</> + function (Christian Ullrich) + </para> + + <para> + Use the <literal>FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS</> flag where + appropriate. No live bug is known to exist here, but it seems like a + good idea to be careful. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Update time zone data files to <application>tzdata</> release 2016d + for DST law changes in Russia and Venezuela. There are new zone + names <literal>Europe/Kirov</> and <literal>Asia/Tomsk</> to reflect + the fact that these regions now have different time zone histories from + adjacent regions. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect2> + </sect1> + <sect1 id="release-9-4-7"> <title>Release 9.4.7</title> diff --git a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.5.sgml b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.5.sgml index d4a49cc3802..abde4064b26 100644 --- a/doc/src/sgml/release-9.5.sgml +++ b/doc/src/sgml/release-9.5.sgml @@ -46,15 +46,18 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [9b676fd49] 2016-05-07 00:09:37 -0400 <para> Clear the OpenSSL error queue before OpenSSL calls, rather than assuming it's clear already; and make sure we leave it clear - (Peter Geoghegan, Dave Vitek, Peter Eisentraut) + afterwards (Peter Geoghegan, Dave Vitek, Peter Eisentraut) </para> <para> - This avoids problems when there are multiple connections using - OpenSSL within a single process and not all the code involved + This change prevents problems when there are multiple connections + using OpenSSL within a single process and not all the code involved follows the same rules for when to clear the error queue. - While the problem is worse for <application>libpq</>, it's - possible for it to arise within the server as well. + Failures have been reported specifically when a client application + uses SSL connections in <application>libpq</> concurrently with + SSL connections using the PHP, Python, or Ruby wrappers for OpenSSL. + It's possible for similar problems to arise within the server as well, + if an extension module establishes an outgoing SSL connection. </para> </listitem> @@ -197,8 +200,8 @@ Branch: REL9_5_STABLE [f3d17491c] 2016-04-04 18:05:23 -0400 Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [28148e258] 2016-04-04 18:05:24 -0400 --> <para> - Disallow newlines in parameter values to be set in <command>ALTER - SYSTEM</> (Tom Lane) + Disallow newlines in <command>ALTER SYSTEM</> parameter values + (Tom Lane) </para> <para> @@ -228,7 +231,7 @@ Branch: master [93c301fc4] 2016-04-08 12:31:53 -0400 Branch: REL9_5_STABLE [0da7cf6e8] 2016-04-08 12:31:42 -0400 --> <para> - Avoid possible misbehavior after failed tablespace symlink removal + Avoid possible misbehavior after failing to remove a tablespace symlink (Tom Lane) </para> </listitem> @@ -326,9 +329,9 @@ Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [e1d88f983] 2016-05-06 22:05:51 -0400 <application>pg_upgrade</> had special-case code to handle the situation where the new <productname>PostgreSQL</> version thinks that a table should have a TOAST table while the old version did not. That - code was broken, so remove it; there seems no reason to believe that we - can't get along fine without a TOAST table if that was okay according - to the old version's rules. + code was broken, so remove it, and instead do nothing in such cases; + there seems no reason to believe that we can't get along fine without + a TOAST table if that was okay according to the old version's rules. </para> </listitem> @@ -346,30 +349,6 @@ Branch: REL9_5_STABLE [f9989482d] 2016-04-26 21:54:07 -0400 <listitem> <!-- Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> -Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [f4f4f6990] 2016-04-15 16:49:48 -0400 -Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [d7dbc882d] 2016-04-15 16:49:48 -0400 -Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> -Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [992df9658] 2016-04-16 10:42:07 -0400 -Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [9008922bf] 2016-04-16 10:41:57 -0400 -Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> -Branch: REL9_3_STABLE [35166fd76] 2016-04-18 13:19:52 -0400 -Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [37f30b251] 2016-04-18 13:19:52 -0400 ---> - <para> - Back-port 9.4-era memory-barrier code changes into 9.2 and 9.3 (Tom Lane) - </para> - - <para> - These changes were not originally needed in pre-9.4 branches, but we - recently back-patched a fix that expected the barrier code to work - properly. Only IA64 (using icc), HPPA, and Alpha platforms are - affected. - </para> - </listitem> - - <listitem> -<!-- -Author: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us> Branch: master [75c24d0f7] 2016-04-18 13:33:06 -0400 Branch: REL9_5_STABLE [c6a5b6677] 2016-04-18 13:33:07 -0400 Branch: REL9_4_STABLE [21b7f49eb] 2016-04-18 13:33:07 -0400 @@ -394,7 +373,7 @@ Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [cbff4b708] 2016-04-23 16:53:15 -0400 --> <para> Rename internal function <function>strtoi()</> - to <function>strtoint()</> to dodge a conflict with a NetBSD library + to <function>strtoint()</> to avoid conflict with a NetBSD library function (Thomas Munro) </para> </listitem> @@ -432,8 +411,8 @@ Branch: REL9_2_STABLE [9e77d0e3c] 2016-04-08 12:29:36 -0400 Branch: REL9_1_STABLE [d2189a802] 2016-04-08 12:33:29 -0400 --> <para> - Reduce verbosity of output while building with Microsoft Visual Studio - (Christian Ullrich) + Reduce verbosity of compiler output when building with Microsoft Visual + Studio (Christian Ullrich) </para> </listitem> |